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Childhood bullying has become such a widespread problem that one Wisconsin community even proposed levying $1,000 fines against the parents of bullies.
In most cases, though, bullied children can’t count on help from their city councils, so it’s often up to their parents to help them find ...

The French government is proposing a law that would say anyone under 15 cannot consent to sex, after widespread shock at two cases involving 11-year-old girls.
It would be the first such law in France, which currently does not have a rule saying a child under a ...

The NYPD suspended the driver’s license Tuesday of the sickly woman who likely suffered a seizure before running a red light and killing two small Park Slope kids, sources said.
Dorothy Bruns could face manslaughter charges in the heartbreaking Monday afternoon deaths of a 1-year-old boy and 4-year-old ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A 10-year-old boy has been arrested after being found with a gun at a Little Rock elementary school. Lt. Michael Ford says authorities responded around noon Monday to reports of a gun at Baseline Elementary School. Ford says the unidentified student was found at the ...

Venezuelans flee their country by bus as economy crumbles To escape the unstable economy of Venezuela, where prices are rising, food is running out, and politics are in a state of crisis, families are fleeing the land they called home by bus. Photographer Carlos Garcia Rawlins followed families in November ...

Image copyright PA Image caption The shop and flat in Hinckley Road, Leicester, were both destroyed in the blast Detectives investigating an explosion that killed five people in Leicester have made a seventh arrest. A Polish supermarket and the flat above it were destroyed in the blast on the evening ...

Image copyright UCU Image caption The strikes continue at 64 universities Talks in the university pension dispute resumed at noon on Tuesday after overnight skirmishes on Twitter. Talks had been suspended until Wednesday after Monday’s meeting at the offices of the conciliation service Acas ended without agreement. Staff at 64 ...

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Kim Jong-un was pictured welcoming delegates to a dinner on Monday The leaders of North and South Korea are due to meet at a summit next month, Seoul’s envoy says. It will be the first such meeting for more than a decade and the first ...

A Russian spy rushed to the hospital after a collapse had recently gone to the police and told them he feared for his life, according to reports.
Sergei Skripal fell ill in Salisbury on Monday after police said that he and a 33-year-old woman he was with were ...